Cornell seniors Michelle Ryndin and Martina Marica teamed up for a doubles victory, and Ryndin and freshman Athena Orzechowski added straight-set singles wins Friday as the Big Red women’s tennis team split six matches at the UB Indoor Invite.
The opening-day matches were played at the Miller Tennis Center in Amherst, according to Cornell Athletics. In a separate tournament in Philadelphia, freshman Chloe Fouhety’s run at the ITA East Sectional Championships ended in the consolation quarterfinals.
Ryndin and Marica beat Buffalo’s Sofia Zagumennova and Annabelle Ganescu 6-3 in doubles. Cornell freshmen Martha Thompson and Orzechowski lost 6-4 to St. John’s Nao Kojima and Younsoo Cho.
Ryndin then beat Kojima 6-1, 6-3 in singles, ending a two-match losing streak. Orzechowski defeated Cho 6-4, 6-1 for her first singles victory since the Villanova Invitational in September, snapping a three-match skid.
Buffalo won the other two singles matches involving Cornell. Blanca Berges defeated Thompson 6-2, 6-4, while Ganescu beat Marica 6-2, 6-3.
In Philadelphia, Wake Forest’s Claire Hill defeated Fouhety 7-6 (4), 6-1. Fouhety took the opening set to a tiebreaker before Hill won the second set.
Cornell returns to play in Amherst at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 7. The schedule begins with two doubles matches against Buffalo, followed by singles matches against Buffalo and Syracuse.
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